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Royal Sussex Regiment - 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion
Royal Sussex Regiment - 12th (2nd South Downs) Battalion
The 11th, 12th and 13th Battalions of the Royal Sussex Regiment, consisting of approximately 4,500 men, were known colloquially as “Lowther’s Lambs”. This was a reference to local MP Claude Lowther, who had taken personal responsibility for raising the battalions. The 12th and 13th Battalions, supported by the 11th, were sacrificed in a diversionary raid on the Boar’s Head salient at Richebourg on 30th June 1916 in an attempt to draw German attention away from the main Somme battle area further south. The Battle at Boar’s Head lasted less than five hours, but the Southdowns Brigade lost 17 officers and 349 other ranks. Over 1,000 men were wounded or taken prisoner, and the 13th Battalion was all but wiped out. June 30th 1916 was subsequently known as “The Day Sussex Died”. This community remembers the lives of men who served with the 12th Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment, whether they took part in the battle at Boar's Head or not, and includes all those who died, were wounded, or somehow survived relatively unscathed.
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British Army SD/2347 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army 51556 Private Essex Regiment
British Army 230347 Private Labour Corps E.C.L.C.
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Died 1916
British Army SD/2373 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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British Army SD/1486 Corporal 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army E/36149 Corporal 2nd Royal Sussex Regiment
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British Army SD/2220 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army Second Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps
More about Stanley Robert Payne -
Born 1895
British Army 2354 Private Royal Sussex Regiment Depot
British Army 2354 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army 230440 Private Labour Corps 612 Employment Company
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More about Albert Jones -
Born 1893
Died 1916
British Army SD/5260 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Gilbert Hermann Royce Wilson -
Born 1896
Died 1917
British Army 4122 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army G/17787 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Alec Henry Bingham -
Born 1896
British Army G/3409 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 9th Bn.
British Army G/3409 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 13th Bn.
More about Jack Stanley Waters -
Died 1916
British Army SD/2246 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment
More about William James Saunders -
Born 1892
Died 1916
British Army SD/1778 Private Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion
British Army SD/1778 Lance Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment 12th Battalion
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British Army 1882 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army 620135 Private Labour Corps
More about Charles Dyer -
Died 1916
British Army SD/2081 Private Royal Sussex Regiment
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British Army Second Lieutenant att 1st Lancashire Fusiliers
British Army Captain Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Goodman Ambler -
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British Army G/6652 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment
British Army SD/1880 Corporal Royal Sussex Regiment
More about Ernest A Dewey